With more winter weather in the forecast, people are preparing for snow.

With more winter weather in the forecast, people are preparing for snow.

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Updated: 6:41 AM EST Feb 10, 2014

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WEBVTT THE FORECAST BRINGS BACK SOME BAD MEMORIES OF THE BLAST OF WINTER FROM A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. WYFF NEWS 4'S SEAN MUSERALLO JOINS US LIVE FROM..... SEAN -- ? ROAD CREWS ARE GETTING READY.... FOR THE EXPECTED WINTER WEATHER.... THAT CHRIS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. UPSTATE CREWS SAY.... DURING THE LAST BLAST OF WINTER WEATHER... THEY SPREAD ABOUT 22-HUNDRED TONS OF SALT AND SAND.... OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. IN GREENVILLE COUNTY ALONE... CREWS WENT THROUGH 700 TONS. THE SOUTH CAROLINA D-O-T SAYS ITS HAVING TROUBLE REPLENISHING THE STOCK PILE... BECAUSE MUCH OF THE NORTH... IS STILL DEALING WITH ONE STORM AFTER ANOTHER. BECAUSE MUCH OF THE NORTH... IS STILL DEALING WITH ONE STORM AFTER ANOTHER. SHOPPERS AT WALMART ON WOODRUFF ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY WERE STOCKING UP TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGE. THINGS LIKE BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS...BL ANKETS AND FOOD WERE AMONG THE TOP PRIORITIES. SHOPPERS ALSO LOOKED FOR ICE SCRAPERS FOR CARS AND OTHER WINTER GEAR. THE GOAL WAS TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST. "Flashlights are really going to be useless without good batteries, so you want to check those before the storm. Bad time to find out you need batteries is when it's happened." AT O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS...WORKERS SAY IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO STOCK UP ON ICE MELT AND DE-ICER...AND FILL UP ON FUEL AND OTHER CAR FLUIDS. EMPLOYEES ALSO RECOMMENDED HAVING AN EMERGENCY KIT AND AN INVERTER TO POWER YOUR CELL PHONE. SEAN MUSERALLO...LIVE IN.....

Greenville County plans for latest potential winter storm

With more winter weather in the forecast, people are preparing for snow.